Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Inducted By Air Force

[VkdIndian]

Aircraft carrier with no Fighters.

Combat Chopper with no missiles.

This is possible only in India.

When JF-17 was inducted for the first time, it didn’t have many capabilities that it has now. It wasn’t even certified for flying by night. Most of the weapons were integrated later.

It appears that IAF has taken a leaf out of PAF book.

LCH will start flying with pilots getting hands on it. Engineers getting hands on maintaining it. Infrastructure coming up at bases where it would be based.
Integration of variety of weapons would be carried out over time. Holding on to integration for just want of an ATGM wouldn’t have been a good idea.

India already has a home grown HELINA ATGM which is under final stages of integration.

Nag (missile) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Bravo to HAL, IAF and our babudom to make it a success. Fact that IAF has gone ahead and accepted LCH without full spectrum of capabilities shows that things have changed from initial LCA days.

 

[AlKardai]

When JF-17 was inducted for the first time, it didn’t have many capabilities that it has now. It wasn’t even certified for flying by night. Most of the weapons were integrated later.

It appears that IAF has taken a leaf out of PAF book.

LCH will start flying with pilots getting hands on it. Engineers getting hands on maintaining it. Infrastructure coming up at bases where it would be based.
Integration of variety of weapons would be carried out over time. Holding on to integration for just want of an ATGM wouldn’t have been a good idea.

India already has a home grown HELINA ATGM which is under final stages of integration.

Nag (missile) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Bravo to HAL, IAF and our babudom to make it a success. Fact that IAF has gone ahead and accepted LCH without full spectrum of capabilities shows that things have changed from initial LCA days.

Kudos to India. They've learnt from their enemies. Too bad Pakistan can't do the same

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

What happened to hellfire helina dhruvastra
It contains air to airand land missile but no atgm yes ?

All those Indian projects will get cancelled or go into hibernation as US is offering hellfire.

 

[VkdIndian]

All those Indian projects will get cancelled or go into hibernation as US is offering hellfire.

Unlikely.
ATGM is in import ban list, issued by the GOI.

No motivated or mala fide skuttling of this project.

 

[Ajamal]

This is a very powerful weapon, Particularly in high Himalayan altitudes. It has surpassed all expectations.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

Unlikely.
ATGM is in import ban list, issued by the GOI.

No motivated or mala fide skuttling of this project.

LOL

India allows Foreign Defence companies to hold 74% shares by default and 100% if they can convince Modi.

India will import and put a stamp called made in India.

 

[VkdIndian]

India will import and put a stamp called made in India.

Possible. Again we have learnt from our able neighbours. A neighbour that hasn’t developed any weapon ever but was allowed to use word “JOINT” by kind China for an aircraft designed, developed and manufactured by them.

We learn from our good neighbours.

 

[Kingdom come]

All those Indian projects will get cancelled or go into hibernation as US is offering hellfire.

Stop quoting me

 

[Two banks of the River]

What happened to hellfire helina dhruvastra
It contains air to airand land missile but no atgm yes ?

Testing from Rudra was going on. Let's see when it's ordered.

 

[ni8mare]

 

[-=virus=-]

dat green camo <3

 

[srshkmr]

The cube on the nose, is that the radar or targetting pod?

 

[Ajamal]

What happened to hellfire helina dhruvastra
It contains air to airand land missile but no atgm yes ?

Halina and Dhruvastra are ready. Do not know about Hellfire.

 

[-=virus=-]

The cube on the nose, is that the radar or targetting pod?

PIlot Night vision or some kind of infrared sight, I think.

 

[VkdIndian]

There are few areas where LCH lacks. Luckily, we have experience in integrating few of those systems on armed version of ALH called Rudra.
The systems on Rudra shouldn’t be difficult to integrate on LCH. The delay could be due to plan to refine them and do it better than that on Rudra.

Atleast these machines will start flying and give precious hands on experience to all those involved. This would also put pressure on HAL to speed up the process of integration of remaining systems.

Prachand, India's new Light Combat Helicopter, doesn't yet have main arsenal or protection suite

IAF inducted new helicopter Monday, but it'll get anti-tank guided missile only by mid-2023, while air-to-air missiles haven't yet been ordered, it is learnt.

theprint.in

By the time these systems are integrated, the operators would have gained good hands on experience. Thereafter, it would be incremental training and not a fresh start.